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Male Privilege

This was posted on the depression board. I'm not posting this to bash men. I'm hoping this will help us all understand the reality women deal with every day.

MALE PRIVILEGE by D. A. Clarke 1981

A poem for men who don't understand what we mean, when we say men have "it."

Privilege is simple.
Going for a pleasant stroll after dark.
Not checking the back of your car as you get in,
sleeping soundly,
Speaking without interruption
and not remembering dreams of rape, that follow you all day,
that woke you crying,
and Privilege is not seeing your stripped, humiliated body
plastered in celebration
across every magazine rack.
is going to the movies and not seeing yourself terrorized,
defamed,
battered, butchered
seeing something else.
Privilege is
Riding your bicycle across town without being screamed at
or run off the road,
not needing an abortion,
taking off your shirt on a hot day, in a crowd,
not wishing you could type better just in case,
not shaving your legs,
having a decent job and expecting to keep it,
not feeling the boss's hand up your crotch,
dozing off on late-night busses,
Privilege is being the hero in the TV show not the dumb broad,
living where your genitals are not denied
knowing your doctor won't rape you.
Privilege is
being smiled at all day by nice helpful women
it is the way you pass judgment on their appearance with magisterial authority,
the way you face a judge of your own sex in court
and are over-represented in Congress
and are not strip searched for a traffic ticket or used as a dart board
by your friendly mechanic,
Privilege is seeing your bearded face reflected through the history texts
not only of your high school days but all your life,
not being relegated to a paragraph every other chapter,
the way you occupy entire volumes of poetry
and more than your share of the couch unchallenged.
It is your mouthing smug, atrocious insults at women
who blink and change the subject politely
Privilege is how seldom the rapist's name appears in the papers
and the way you smirk over your PLAYBOY.
It's simple really,
Privilege means someone else's pain,
your wealth is my terror,
your uniform is a woman raped to death here, or in Cambodia or wherever
wherever your obscene Privilege writes your name in my blood,
it's that simple,
you've always had it,
that's why it doesn't seem to make you sick to your stomach,
you have it,
we pay for it,
now do you understand?

I don't feel confortable with it. To point the finger at men is just another way of not taking responsibility of ourselves. I'm sure the girls inplayboy are quite pleased with herself. They desploit playboy, not the other way around. Anyway..just what I think..

Whenever women speak the truth about sexism someone will always say not all men are bad. That goes without saying. We're all individuals. But sexism exists, unfortunately.

Too often women are the hardest on other women and make excuses for men's behavior. This is typical of oppressed groups -- like black on black violence it's safer to attack other women than to hold men accountable for their behavior because men still by and large are the ones in power.

Yes, this is one angry woman. Bless her for having the courage to write this! Women have a lot to be angry about.

I've spent enuf time on this board to see just how many angry women and men here are. And have too often seen women here taking their anger out on on another.

I loved this post because it speaks the truth of so many women's experience. IMO, I think she states her case rather mildly.

Ya know, it was a woman, although an un-human evil creature who tortured my kids unmercifully and unfortunately the court system then (1980) was only interested in profiteering from the disparity given by the courts system favoring mothers (actually favoring the court system.) I did much research, like... the Friend of the Court then got a $200 reward from the feds for every $100 they collected in owed alimony and child support: a reality. Also, women are most responsible for the rearing of men (children) the first years of childhood... so you know. And listen, lets tie it up in one neat little box: &quot;Humans badly mistreat humans- period no boundary lines, no particular groups just humans mangling humans- period!&quot;

I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...

Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel

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